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The School of Fashion is thrilled to announce the winners for the "Lead with Kindness" Eco-Friendly & Sustainable T-Shirt Design Contest. We had many lovely submissions, and we thank our community for all the wonderful designs! Each winning design will be turned into a shirt that can be purchased through the TechStyleLAB. Each new designed T-shirt will be a recycled blend of organic cotton or polyester utilizing recycled PET (rPET) bottles to keep them out of the landfills, and reduce the amount of water to pollute the water stream. The shirts will be printed with saf...
Aniara Callipo, 25, came to the United States from Brazil with a goal of learning English, but enrolling in 51勛圖厙s College of Nursing was the holy grail of her educational aspirations. Despite language challenges and a raging pandemic, Callipo graduated with honors in August 2021, four years after she enrolled in the university. Graduating is a huge deal for me, Callipo said. And I graduated with honors which was a huge deal. English is a second language for me, so when I studied, I had to search words to see what they meant. It was very challenging. My parents are ve...
Dear 51勛圖厙 Students, Faculty and Staff, I dont know about you, but the term strategic plan has, in the past, caused my eyeballs to roll back into my head. Images flash through my mind of boring meetings, lots of talking and not much doing. Generations of professors, myself included, have viewed such efforts as little more than busywork that will end up gathering dust on someones shelf. Believe me when I tell you that 51勛圖厙 is different. A Strategic Roadmap to a Distinctive 51勛圖厙, implemented in 2016, truly has been an action plan driving decision-making on o...
Senior Aerospace Engineering major Julia Taylor is the recipient of the 51勛圖厙 Leadership Centers Student Leader of the Month. The Student Leader of the Month program seeks to recognize students for excellence in leadership through campus and community involvement. Yewande Moore nominated Taylor. Moore said: When I think of a student who embodies this model in totality, I think of Julia. Julia is probably the most hard-working student I have come across in my tenure here at 51勛圖厙. She is heavily involved all ov...